Brief Life History of Don Carlos
When Don Carlos Shirts was born on 28 July 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Shirts, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Cameron, was 27. He married Mary Adeline Lee on 23 August 1857, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Coyote, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1910 and Garfield, Utah, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 19 June 1922, in Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Escalante Cemetery, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- D C Shirts, "United States Census, 1860"
- Don Carlos Shirts Sr., "BillionGraves Index"
- Don Carlos Shirts, "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877"
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1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1869: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schertz .
Possibly also an altered form of English Shirt: topographic name for someone who lived on a detached piece of land, Middle English shurte, from Old English scyrte ‘skirt, cut off piece’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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